Special thanks to Paoace12. Okay, let's get this story started! FYI, everything will be Chowder-ized except for the Pokemon. This story will go from the beginning to end half done by futureauthor13 so thank her i'll start form here enjoy

"Dodrioooooo! Dodrioooooo!"

Chowder slowly opened his eyes, now awake thanks to those Dodrio outside. He yawned and got up. He glanced over to the calendar and was suddenly wide awake. Today was Sevensday! The day he would start to become a Pokemon Trainer!

Quickly, he jumped out of bed and ran to his closet. He picked out some dark blue shorts, a purple shirt, and his favorite (and only) purple hat. He got dressed and hurried downstairs.

"Good morning Chowder," said Truffles from the table, reading a book that she was almost finished with.

"Morning Chowder," Mung said happily from the oven. He was making breakfast.

"Morning!" Chowder said to his masters/parents. You see, Chowder was Mung Daal's cooking apprentice, but over time Mung and his wife Truffles thought of Chowder more as a son instead of an apprentice, so they ended up adopting him. But once Chowder got older, he decided that he would want to go on his own journey with his own Pokemon.

Chowder still wanted to be a chef, but he wanted to go on a journey too. Mung didn't really mind though, he thought Chowder needed to get out of the kitchen a little bit more.

"So, have you decided which one of the starter Pokemon you want?" asked Mung as he handed Chowder his plate of waffles.

"Um, no," replied Chowder, "But I'll decide when I get to Professor Oats lab."

"Speaking of the lab, I want you to take this to her lab, it's a new recipe I've been working on," said Mung, handing Chowder the can of Pokemon food. Mung was a chef that cooked food for both people and Pokemon.

"Okay Mung," said Chowder, putting the can in his pocket, "No problem."

"Um Chowder, what time did you have to be at her lab?" asked Truffles.

"8 o'clock, why?"

"It's 8:45!"

"Oh no!" Quickly, Chowder ate his waffles in record time. "Okayi'llseeyoulater, I'vegottagobye!" he said as he ran out the door.

Luckily, Professor Oats lab wasn't too far away, and it only took a couple minutes to get there, but by the time he did, Chowder was totally out of breath. I hope they still have some Pokemon left, thought Chowder as he ran inside the building.

"Professor Oats?" asked Chowder. Suddenly, a Cyndaquil ran across the floor, and behind it a wooly mammoth/man was chasing it. "Hi Gazpacho!"

"Oh, hey Chowder!" replied Gazpacho, still chasing the fire Pokemon. Chowder couldn't help but laugh at his friend. Gazpacho was Professor Oats assistant, a berry expert, and Chowder's friend. Finally, Gazpacho caught the Cyndaquil.

"He sure does like to play tag, doesn't he?" said Chowder.

"He sure does," said Gazpacho, "I was feeding the pokemon when it decided to run off." Chowder followed Gazpacho into another room where there were 6 Pokemon all eating from a bowl of food, except for the Mudkip who haden't been fed yet. The pokemon were Mudkip, Cyndaquil (of course), Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Totodile, Turtwig, and Chimchar. "Some of the pokemon were already taken, but we have plenty of pokemon to choose from, although you have to wait until Professor Oats comes back."

"That's fine," said Chowder, "Oh wait, I have something for you!" Chowder got out the Pokemon food. "It's a new recipe, Mung told me to bring it here."

"Great, why don't you feed a little of it to Mudkip and see if he likes it," said Gazpacho. Chowder poured a little of the food into Mudkip's bowl. "Mudkip mudkip!" Mudkip said happily after he ate it all. "I'm glad you like it Mudkip," said Chowder has he scratched Mudkip, making the water Pokemon even more happy.

"Hey, do you want to see something neat?" asked Gazpacho.

"Yeah!" replied Chowder. He followed Gazpacho into another room. In a glass case, there was a light brown egg with a pink spot on it. "A pokemon egg!" Chowder had never seen one up close before.

"Yep, Professor Oats says that it will probably hatch in a few weeks, and she's usually right." And why wouldn't she, Professor Amy Oats was one of the top Pokemon researchers in the world.

"I wonder what kind of Pokemon it'll hatch into," said Chowder.

"Squirtle!"

Chowder and Gazpacho turned around and saw Squirtle. "Oh hey Squirtle, what are you doing here?" Gazpacho picked up the Squirtle and carried it to the other room, but when he got there, the other

Pokemon were gone! "Oh no! What happened? Where are the Pokemon?" Then Gazpacho noticed that the front door was wide open.

"Oops," said Chowder sheepishly.

"We have to find the other Pokemon, or I'm going to be in so much trouble!" said Gazpacho, "Okay, there's a forest behind the lab, you can check there, and I'll check the front yard."

"Oh Pokemon, where are you?" shouted Chowder as he looked through the forest. Suddenly, a sound came from the bushes. Chowder smiled. "I found you…"

"Zigzag!" "Ah!"

A Zigzagoon jumped out of the bushes and almost tackled Chowder. "Zigzagoon," it growled. Chowder had a feeling he had just stepped into this Pokemon's territory. That, or it didn't like visitors.

"N-nice wild Pokemon," said Chowder backing up a little. He had never seen a wild Pokemon before, and he had no idea what this one was going to do.

"Zig!" Zigzagoon was getting ready to use tackle attack when it was hit by a water gun attack. "Huh?" Chowder looked. The water gun attack came from Mudkip! "Mudkip! Good thing you were here!"

"Zig!" Zigzagoon started to run at Mudkip, but Mudkip used water gun attack again and launched it back into the bushes. But it still wasn't knocked out. Mudkip was about to finish it off with tackle attack when Chowder stopped him.

"Wait Mudkip," he said as he looked at the Zigzagoon. It was breathing heavily, and was weak, so Chowder didn't think it would attack again. "Come on, let's go look for your friends," suggested Chowder.

Mudkip looked at the Zigzagoon for a moment, and then looked at Chowder. "Mudkip!"

Chowder smiled. "Okay, let's go look for Turtwig next." And with that, Chowder and Mudkip started to walk away, leaving Zigzagoon no less than surprised.

"Zigzag…"

After a half an hour of searching, all the starter Pokemon were back in the lab, safe and sound. And just in time too.

"Hello Professor Oats," said Gazpacho when Professor Oats came into the room. Professor Oats smiled. "Hello Gazpacho," she said, "But I told you, you don't have to be so formal, just call me Amy." Professor Oats was a middle aged cat/woman, with long brown hair that was put up in a bun, and was wearing black heels, a dark blue skirt, and a lab coat. She spoke with an English accent.

"Hi," said Chowder.

"I bet I know what you're here for," said Amy smiling, "Your first Pokemon, correct?"

"Yep!" replied Chowder, excited about finally becoming a Pokemon trainer.

"Have you made your choice?"

"Yep, I going to choose Mudkip."

"Mudkip mudkip!" Mudkip had heard Chowder and ran into the room. He jumped into Chowder's arms.

"I think Mudkip chose you too," said Amy, smiling at the new trainer with his new Pokemon. She reached into her pockets and pulled out 5 small Pokeballs and a Pokedex. "Here you go, you are now officially ready to start your Pokemon journey."

"Thank you Professor," said Chowder. He couldn't wait to show Mung and Truffles his new Pokemon.

Chowder and Mudkip were walking down the road to Chowder's house. He decided not to keep Mudkip in his Pokeball. Mudkip seemed happier out of it's Pokeball, and Chowder didn't mind having some company.

"Zigzagoon!" called a voice from behind them. They both looked. "Zigzagoon!" It was the wild Zigzagoon from the forest.

Mudkip prepared to attack, but Chowder stopped him. "Hold on." The Zigzagoon ran until he had caught up to Chowder. When it did, it stopped and looked at Chowder. "What is it?" Chowder asked the Pokemon. Then he noticed that it was staring at his pockets.

"Oh I get it now," said Chowder, as he took out a Pokeball, "Do you want to come with us and be my Pokemon?"

"Zig," replied Zigzagoon.

"Okay, Pokeball go!" Chowder threw the Pokeball at Zigzagoon and the pokemon was then surrounded by red light. It disappeared into the ball, which started to wiggle for a couple seconds, it's light glowing red, until it finally turned off and stood still, signaling that Chowder had caught his first Pokemon.

"Awesome!" said Chowder. "Mudkip!" said Mudkip, happy for his owner. Chowder picked up the poke ball, minimized it, and put it in his pocket. "Now I have to Pokemon to show them."

"Mudkip?"

"Oh yeah, I meant Mung and Truffles. I can't wait for you to meet them, and I can show you my room and the kitchen and the backyard…"

Okay, that's the beginning of Chowder's journey, which will officially start next chapter. Please review!